2. Content
Introduction
Basic Requirements
Applications
Sonoluminence
The idea of Sonofusion
Sonofusion
How Sonofusion Works
Future Development
Advantages
Challenges
Conclusion
References
3. Introduction
Conventional fuels are getting depleted at a very fast rate.
One of the conventional methods of producing bulk energy is
nuclear fision & nuclear fusion.
In nuclear Fusion atomic nuclei are fused together.
In Nuclear Fision atoms are split by neutrons releasing huge
amount of energy.
Bubble Power’-the revolutionary new energy source.
It is working under the principle of Sono fusion.
5. APPLICATIONS
1. The rmonuclear fusion gives a new, safe, environmental
friendly way to produce electrical energy.
2. This technology also could result in a new class of low cost,
compact detectors for security applications. That use neutrons
to probe the contents of suitcases.
3. Devices for research that use neutrons to analyze the
molecular structure of materials.
4. Machines that cheaply manufacture new synthetic materials
and efficiently produce tritium, which is used for numerous
applications ranging from medical imaging to watch dials.
6. SONOLUMINESCENCE
When a gas bubble in a liquid is excited by ultrasonic acoustic
waves it can emit short flashes of light suggestive of extreme
temperatures inside the bubble.
These flashes of light known as sonoluminescence, occur as
the bubble implode or cavitates.
It is show that chemical reactions occur during cavitations of a
single, isolated bubble and yield of photons, radicals and ions
formed.
That is gas bubbles in a liquid can convert sound energy in to
light.
7. THE IDEA OF SONOFUSION
It is hard to imagine that mere sound waves can possibly
produce in the bubbles, the extreme temperatures and
pressures created by the lasers or magnetic fields, which
themselves replicate the interior conditions of stars like our
sun, where fusion occurs steadily.
Nevertheless, three years ago, researchers obtained strong
evidence that such a process now known as sonofusion is
indeed possible.
8. HOW SONOFUSION WORKS
Action of vacuum pump.
Fill the flask with deuterated acetone.
For initiation an oscillating voltage of 20 kHz applied to the
ring.
Fire a pulsed neutron generator.
9. SONOFUSION
The apparatus consists of a cylindrical Pyrex glass flask 100
m.m. in high and 65m.m.in diameter.
A lead-zirconate-titanate ceramic piezoelectric crystal in the
form of a ring is attached to the flaska outer surface.
The piezoelectric ring works like the loud speakers in a
sonoluminescence experiment, although it creates much
stronger pressure waves.
When a positive voltage is applied to the piezoelectric ring, it
contracts; when the voltage is removed, it expands to its
original size.
10. ACTION OF VACUUM PUMP
The naturally occurring gas bubbles cannot withstand high
temperature and pressure.
All the naturally occurring gas bubbles dissolved in the liquid
are removed virtually by attaching a vacuum pump to the flask
and acoustically agitating the liquid.
11. ACTION OF THE WAVE GENERATOR
To initiate the sonofusion process, we apply an oscillating
voltage with a frequency of about 20,000 hertz to the
piezoelectric ring.
The alternating contractions and expansions of the ring-and
there by of the flask-send concentric pressure waves through
the liquid.
12. ACTION OF THE NEUTRON
GENERATOR
Precisely when the pressure reaches its lowest point, a pulsed
neutron generator is fired.
This is a commercially available, baseball bat size device that
sits next to the flask.
The generator emits high-energy neutrons at 14.1 mega
electron volts in a burst that lasts about six microseconds and
that goes in all directions.
13. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
FULLY SELF SUSTAINED
To make the fusion reaction fully self-sustaining arranging the
setup so it produces a continuous neutron output without
requiring the external neutron generator.
One of the possible ways is to put two complete apparatuses
side by side so that they would exchange neutrons and drive
each other fusion reactions.
14. ADVANTAGES
1. It is self sustainable.
2. Easily controllable.
3. It consistently produces more energy than it consumes.
4. Low cost.
5. Easily available raw materials.
6. Environmental friendly.
15. CHALLENGES
There are two main challenges. The biggest is for Rusi
Taleyarkhan’s result to be independently reproduced.
Until now, no one but Horizon has published data on
replicating Taleyarkhan’s results and many scientists remain
highly skeptical about this set of results, although they do not
dispute the principle that sonofusion is potentially achievable.
16. CONCLUSION
With the steady growth of world population and with
economic progress in developing countries, average electricity
consumption per person has increased significantly.
There fore seeking new sources of energy just important, it is
necessary.
